..In conclusion, we found a substantial concordance between PD staging, prevalence of nonmotor symptoms and patient-reported HRQoL and disability measures. In our opinion, the SF-36 and the WHO-DAS II can be used for profiling patients...

Disability and mood state in patients with episodic and chronic migraine associated to medication overuse

..To plan appropriate interventions that meet patients' needs, especially in the labor sector, methodologies and tools are needed to couple information on symptoms, on the difficulties in executing activities and on environment's features...

..Wider improvements were observed at follow-up for activities in which relational skills are relevant, while those with a physical component, or that are predominantly performed autonomously, remained almost unchanged...

Disability and profiles of functioning of patients with Parkinson's disease described with ICF classification

..Our findings indicate that these issues are relevant for patients' health status and should be taken into account in future research on migraine as important secondary outcomes of treatment interventions...

..To report and compare functional features of patients with migraine, myasthenia gravis (MG) and Parkinson's disease (PD) with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)...

Identification of international classification of functioning, disability and health relevant categories to describe functioning and disability of patients with myasthenia gravis

..To describe functioning and health of patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) and to identify which are the most common problems patients encounter, by using the international classification of functioning, disability and health (ICF)...

The relationship between health, disability and quality of life in myasthenia gravis: results from an Italian study

..They measure different clinical and psychosocial facets, therefore we recommend employing specific assessments both for quality of life and disability in public health and clinical research on myasthenia gravis...

Linking COURAGE in Europe built environment instrument to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for Children and Youth (ICF-CY)

..we asked were as follows: what are the difficulties that people with epilepsy face on the body level and in daily activities? What are the most relevant environmental factors needed to describe disability in patients with epilepsy?..

Concordance between severity of disease, disability and health-related quality of life in myasthenia gravis

..In our opinion, HRQoL and disability instruments should be employed in clinical trials to match efficacy of treatments, measured on symptoms' reductions only, with their effects on patients' disability and HRQoL...

Factors related to difficulties with employment in patients with multiple sclerosis: a review of 2002-2011 literature

..In general, it is possible to affirm that MS has a strong impact on patients' employment status, as the mean unemployment rate was 59%. Research on factors promoting maintenance of remunerative employment is required...

Relationships between disability, quality of life and prevalence of nonmotor symptoms in Parkinson's disease

..The use of ICF-CY enables to obtain a specific profile of functioning for each child that can be coupled with known issues, such as loss of brain functions and provision of life-sustaining interventions...

A 3-month analysis of disability, quality of life, and disease course in patients with migraine

..Our results show that age and education level were associated with severe disability, and that no association with number of diseases was found: in our opinion, this is specific to the population of individuals with disability. ..

The COURAGE Built Environment Outdoor Checklist: an objective built environment instrument to investigate the impact of the environment on health and disability

..The COURAGE in Europe project developed this tool to collect information on built environment in an objective evaluation of environmental features and is a recommended methodology for future studies...

Assessing activity limitations in patients with neuromuscular diseases: is the ACTIVLIM questionnaire linked to ICF and ICF-CY?

..The outcome of this selection and categorisation process was the creation of two lists of items, that are meant to measure the interaction between the built environment and aspects of health and disability in ageing...

Health-related quality of life, disability and severity of disease in patients with migraine attending to a specialty headache center

..The impact of migraine on patients' daily life has been evaluated in several studies. The relationship between disability and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with migraine, however, has not been systematically evaluated...

The clinical overlap between the corticobasal degeneration syndrome and other diseases of the frontotemporal spectrum: three case reports

..This concept should be extended not only to the cognitive and behavioural features of the frontotemporal dementia subtypes, but also to the movement disorders of corticobasal degeneration and supranuclear palsy...

..To describe the functioning and disability in adult patients with severe obesity through an implementation of ICF-based tools in a clinical inpatient setting, and to highlight the most relevant domains of functioning...

Training on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF): the ICF-DIN Basic and the ICF-DIN Advanced Course developed by the Disability Italian Network

..The evidence for the clinical effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation in patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is debated. Therefore it is important to collect more evidence about the outcome of non-pharmacological therapy of dementia...

Event-related brain potentials in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A review of the international literature

..Prospective studies combining simultaneous neuropsychological and imaging investigations are needed to assess the possible role of ERPs in the early detection and follow-up of cognitive dysfunction in ALS patients...

Functioning and disability in the vegetative state: results from a pilot study in Italy